| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 通 | 通 | tōng | - to go through - to know well - (suffix) expert - to connect - to communicate - open - to clear - classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc |
| 通 | 通 | tòng | - classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) |
| 三通 | 三通 | sāntōng | - T-joint - T-piece - T-pipe - three links |
| 不通 | 不通 | bùtōng | - to be obstructed - to be blocked up - to be impassable - to make no sense - to be illogical |
| 串通 | 串通 | chuàntōng | - to collude - to collaborate - to gang up |
| 互通 | 互通 | hùtōng | - to intercommunicate - to interoperate |
| 交通 | 交通 | jiāotōng | - to be connected - traffic - transportation - communications - liaison |
| 亨通 | 亨通 | hēngtōng | - to go smoothly - prosperous - going well |
| 伊通 | 伊通 | Yītōng | - Yitong Manchurian autonomous county in Siping 四平, Jilin |
| 共通 | 共通 | gòngtōng | - in common - universal |
| 南通 | 南通 | Nántōng | - Nantong prefecture level city in Jiangsu |
| 卡通 | 卡通 | kǎtōng | - cartoon (loanword) |
| 可通 | 可通 | kětōng | - passable - possible to reach |
| 圆通 | 圓通 | yuántōng | - flexible - accommodating |
| 大通 | 大通 | Dàtōng | - Datong district of Huainan city 淮南市[Huai2 nan2 shi4], Anhui - Datong Hui and Tu autonomous county in Xining 西寧|西宁[Xi1 ning2], Qinghai |
| 弄通 | 弄通 | nòngtōng | - to get a good grasp of |
| 想通 | 想通 | xiǎngtōng | - to figure out - to realize - to become convinced - to come round (to an idea) - to get over it |
| 打通 | 打通 | dǎtōng | - to open access - to establish contact - to remove a block - to put through (a phone connection) |
| 接通 | 接通 | jiētōng | - to connect - to put through |
| 搞通 | 搞通 | gǎotōng | - to make sense of sth |
| 抢通 | 搶通 | qiǎngtōng | - to rush through urgently (e.g. emergency supplies) |
| 扑通 | 撲通 | pūtōng | - (onom.) sound of object falling into water - plop |
| 昭通 | 昭通 | Zhāotōng | - Zhaotong prefecture level city in Yunnan |
| 普通 | 普通 | pǔtōng | - common - ordinary - general - average |
| 畅通 | 暢通 | chàngtōng | - unimpeded - free-flowing - straight path - unclogged - move without obstruction |
| 流通 | 流通 | liútōng | - to circulate - to distribute - circulation - distribution |
| 沟通 | 溝通 | gōutōng | - to join - to connect - to link up - to communicate |
| 潘通 | 潘通 | Pāntōng | - Pantone color system |
| 疏通 | 疏通 | shūtōng | - to unblock - to dredge - to clear the way - to get things flowing - to facilitate - to mediate - to lobby - to explicate (a text) |
| 直通 | 直通 | zhítōng | - to lead directly to |
| 相通 | 相通 | xiāngtōng | - interlinked - connected - communicating - in communication - accommodating |
| 神通 | 神通 | shéntōng | - remarkable ability - magical power |
| 私通 | 私通 | sītōng | - to have secret ties with - to be in covert communication with (the enemy etc) - to engage in an illicit sexual relationship - adultery |
| 穆通 | 穆通 | Mùtōng | - Mouton (name) - Gabriel Mouton (1618-1694), French clergyman and scientist, pioneer of the metric system |
| 精通 | 精通 | jīngtōng | - proficient |
| 统通 | 統通 | tǒngtōng | - everything |
| 网通 | 網通 | wǎngtōng | - China Network Communications (CNC) Group Corporation (one of China's large telephone companies) |
| 联通 | 聯通 | Liántōng | - China United Telecommunications Corporation - aka China Unicom or Unicom - abbr. for 中國聯通|中国联通 |
| 联通 | 聯通 | liántōng | - connection - link - to link together |
| 融通 | 融通 | róngtōng | - to circulate - to flow (esp. capital) - to intermingle - to merge - to become assimilated |
| 说通 | 說通 | shuōtōng | - to get sb to understand - to persuade |
| 变通 | 變通 | biàntōng | - pragmatic - flexible - to act differently in different situations - to accommodate to circumstances |
| 贯通 | 貫通 | guàntōng | - to link up - to thread together |
| 买通 | 買通 | mǎitōng | - to bribe |
| 通什 | 通什 | Tōngshí | - Tongshi, Hainan |
| 通例 | 通例 | tōnglì | - general rule - standard practice |
| 通便 | 通便 | tōngbiàn | - to evacuate the bowels |
| 通俗 | 通俗 | tōngsú | - common - everyday - average |
| 通信 | 通信 | tōngxìn | - to correspond (by letter etc) - to communicate - communication |
| 通假 | 通假 | tōngjiǎ | - phonetic loan character - using one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters |
| 通判 | 通判 | tōngpàn | - local magistrate |
| 通则 | 通則 | tōngzé | - general rule - general principle |
| 通力 | 通力 | tōnglì | - to cooperate - concerted effort |
| 通勤 | 通勤 | tōngqín | - commuting |
| 通化 | 通化 | Tōnghuà | - Tonghua prefecture level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China - also Tonghua county |
| 通史 | 通史 | tōngshǐ | - narrative history - comprehensive history - a history covering an extended period |
| 通同 | 通同 | tōngtóng | - to collude - to gang up on |
| 通名 | 通名 | tōngmíng | - common noun - generic term - to introduce oneself |
| 通向 | 通向 | tōngxiàng | - to lead to |
| 通告 | 通告 | tōnggào | - to announce - to give notice |
| 通商 | 通商 | tōngshāng | - having trading relations (of nations or regions) |
| 通问 | 通問 | tōngwèn | - to mutually send greetings - to communicate - to exchange news |
| 通城 | 通城 | Tōngchéng | - Tongcheng county in Xianning 咸寧|咸宁[Xian2 ning2], Hubei |
| 通报 | 通報 | tōngbào | - to inform - to notify - to announce - circular - bulletin - (scientific) journal |
| 通夜 | 通夜 | tōngyè | - all through the night - overnight |
| 通奸 | 通姦 | tōngjiān | - adultery |
| 通婚 | 通婚 | tōnghūn | - to intermarry |
| 通宵 | 通宵 | tōngxiāo | - overnight |
| 通山 | 通山 | Tōngshān | - Tongshan county in Xianning 咸寧|咸宁[Xian2 ning2], Hubei |
| 通州 | 通州 | Tōngzhōu | - Tongzhou district east of Beijing, formerly Tong county - Tongzhou county level city in Nantong 南通[Nan2 tong1], Jiangsu |
| 通常 | 通常 | tōngcháng | - regular - usual - normal - usually - normally |
| 通往 | 通往 | tōngwǎng | - to lead to |
| 通彻 | 通徹 | tōngchè | - to understand completely |
| 通才 | 通才 | tōngcái | - polymath - all-round person |
| 通明 | 通明 | tōngmíng | - brightly lit |
| 通畅 | 通暢 | tōngchàng | - unobstructed - clear |
| 通晓 | 通曉 | tōngxiǎo | - proficient (in sth) - to understand sth through and through |
| 通书 | 通書 | tōngshū | - almanac |
| 通榆 | 通榆 | Tōngyú | - Tongyu county in Baicheng 白城, Jilin |
| 通气 | 通氣 | tōngqì | - ventilation - aeration - to keep each other informed - to release information |
| 通水 | 通水 | tōngshuǐ | - to have running water (in a house etc) |
| 通江 | 通江 | Tōngjiāng | - Tongjiang county in Panzhihua 攀枝花[Pan1 zhi1 hua1], south Sichuan |
| 通河 | 通河 | Tōnghé | - Tonghe county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang |
| 通海 | 通海 | Tōnghǎi | - Tonghai county in Yuxi 玉溪[Yu4 xi1], Yunnan |
| 通渭 | 通渭 | Tōngwèi | - Tongwei county in Dingxi 定西[Ding4 xi1], Gansu |
| 通牒 | 通牒 | tōngdié | - diplomatic note |
| 通用 | 通用 | tōngyòng | - common (use) - interchangeable |
| 通病 | 通病 | tōngbìng | - common problem - common failing |
| 通盘 | 通盤 | tōngpán | - across the board - comprehensive - overall - global |
| 通知 | 通知 | tōngzhī | - to notify - to inform - notice - notification - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 通票 | 通票 | tōngpiào | - through ticket |
| 通称 | 通稱 | tōngchēng | - generic term - general name for sth |
| 通约 | 通約 | tōngyuē | - common measure |
| 通红 | 通紅 | tōnghóng | - very red - red through and through - to blush (deep red) |
| 通经 | 通經 | tōngjīng | - conversant with the Confucian classics - to stimulate menstrual flow (TCM) |
| 通缉 | 通緝 | tōngjī | - to order the arrest of sb as criminal - to list as wanted |
| 通县 | 通縣 | Tōngxiàn | - Tong county in Beijing |
| 通胀 | 通脹 | tōngzhàng | - inflation |
| 通航 | 通航 | tōngháng | - connected by air, sea traffic or service |
| 通菜 | 通菜 | tōngcài | - see 蕹菜[weng4 cai4] |
| 通融 | 通融 | tōngróng | - flexible - to accommodate - to stretch or get around regulations - a short-term loan |
| 通行 | 通行 | tōngxíng | - to go through - a passage through - in general use - a pass or laissez-passer - a license (to a computer account) |
| 通观 | 通觀 | tōngguān | - to take an overall view of sth - comprehensive view |
| 通讯 | 通訊 | tōngxùn | - communications - news story - dispatch - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 通许 | 通許 | Tōngxǔ | - Tongxu county in Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1], Henan |
| 通话 | 通話 | tōnghuà | - to hold a conversation - to talk over the telephone - phone call |
| 通识 | 通識 | tōngshí | - general knowledge - overall knowledge - common knowledge - widely known - erudition |
| 通译 | 通譯 | tōngyì | - (old) to translate - to interpret - translator - interpreter |
| 通货 | 通貨 | tōnghuò | - currency - exchange of goods |
| 通路 | 通路 | tōnglù | - thoroughfare - passage - pathway - channel |
| 通车 | 通車 | tōngchē | - to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) - (of a locality) to have a transportation service - (Tw) to commute |
| 通透 | 通透 | tōngtòu | - penetrating |
| 通途 | 通途 | tōngtú | - through road - thoroughfare |
| 通通 | 通通 | tōngtōng | - all - entire - complete |
| 通过 | 通過 | tōngguò | - by means of - through - via - to pass through - to get through - to adopt - to pass (a bill or inspection etc) - to switch over |
| 通道 | 通道 | Tōngdào | - Tongdao Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[Huai2 hua4], Hunan |
| 通道 | 通道 | tōngdào | - (communications) channel - thoroughfare - passage |
| 通达 | 通達 | tōngdá | - to understand clearly - to be sensible or reasonable - understanding |
| 通辽 | 通遼 | Tōngliáo | - Tongliao prefecture level city in Inner Mongolia |
| 通邮 | 通郵 | tōngyóu | - to have postal communications |
| 通量 | 通量 | tōngliàng | - flux |
| 通关 | 通關 | tōngguān | - to clear customs |
| 通电 | 通電 | tōngdiàn | - to set up an electric circuit - to electrify - to switch on - to be connected to an electricity grid - open telegram |
| 通霄 | 通霄 | Tōngxiāo | - Tongxiao or Tunghsiao town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan |
| 通灵 | 通靈 | tōnglíng | - to communicate with the spirits - psychic - (ears) sensitive - (information) accurate |
| 通顺 | 通順 | tōngshùn | - smooth - clear and coherent |
| 通风 | 通風 | tōngfēng | - airy - ventilation - to ventilate - to disclose information |
| 通体 | 通體 | tōngtǐ | - (of sb or sth) whole or entire body |
| 连通 | 連通 | liántōng | - to connect - to communicate - to relate - (math.) connected |
| 邓通 | 鄧通 | DèngTōng | - Deng Tong (2nd c. BC), one of the wealthiest Former Han Dynasty 前漢|前汉[Qian2 Han4] officials |
| 开通 | 開通 | kāitong | - to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transport routes etc) - open-minded |
| 灵通 | 靈通 | língtōng | - fast and abundant (news) - clever - effective |
| 一卡通 | 一卡通 | Yīkǎtōng | - Yikatong (Beijing public transport smart card) |
| 不圆通 | 不圓通 | bùyuántōng | - inflexible - unaccommodating |
| 中国通 | 中國通 | Zhōngguótōng | - China watcher - an expert on China - an old China hand |
| 互通性 | 互通性 | hùtōngxìng | - interoperability (of communications equipment) |
| 五通桥 | 五通橋 | Wǔtōngqiáo | - Wutongqiao district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[Le4 shan1 shi4], Sichuan |
| 交通卡 | 交通卡 | jiāotōngkǎ | - public transportation card - prepaid transit card - subway pass |
| 交通费 | 交通費 | jiāotōngfèi | - transport costs |
| 交通车 | 交通車 | jiāotōngchē | - shuttle bus |
| 交通部 | 交通部 | Jiāotōngbù | - Ministry of Transport - Transport Department |
| 伊通河 | 伊通河 | YītōngHé | - Yitong River in Siping 四平[Si4 ping2], Jilin |
| 伊通县 | 伊通縣 | Yītōngxiàn | - Yitong Manchurian autonomous county in Siping 四平, Jilin |
| 伊通镇 | 伊通鎮 | Yītōngzhèn | - Yitong township, capital of Yitong Manchurian autonomous county in Siping 四平, Jilin |
| 光通量 | 光通量 | guāngtōngliàng | - luminous flux (physics) |
| 克拉通 | 克拉通 | kèlātōng | - craton (loanword) |
| 全球通 | 全球通 | quánqiútōng | - Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) (telecommunications) |
| 八达通 | 八達通 | Bādátōng | - Octopus card (Hong Kong smart card for electronic payments) |
| 共通性 | 共通性 | gòngtōngxìng | - commonality - universality |
| 凡世通 | 凡世通 | Fánshìtōng | - Firestone (Tire and Rubber Company) |
| 利通区 | 利通區 | Lìtōngqū | - Litong district of Wuzhong city 吳忠市|吴忠市[Wu2 zhong1 shi4], Ningxia |
| 南通市 | 南通市 | Nántōngshì | - Nantong prefecture level city in Jiangsu |
| 可通约 | 可通約 | kětōngyuē | - commensurable - having a common measure |
| 大通区 | 大通區 | Dàtōngqū | - Datong district of Huainan city 淮南市[Huai2 nan2 shi4], Anhui |
| 大通县 | 大通縣 | Dàtōngxiàn | - Datong Hui and Tu autonomous county in Xining 西寧|西宁[Xi1 ning2], Qinghai |
| 富士通 | 富士通 | Fùshìtōng | - Fujitsu |
| 小灵通 | 小靈通 | xiǎolíngtōng | - mobile phone (with a local, 7-digit phone number) |
| 想不通 | 想不通 | xiǎngbutōng | - unable to understand - unable to get over |
| 打不通 | 打不通 | dǎbutōng | - cannot get through (on phone) |
| 打通宵 | 打通宵 | dǎtōngxiāo | - to spend the whole night |
| 接通费 | 接通費 | jiētōngfèi | - connection charge |
| 数码通 | 數碼通 | Shùmǎtōng | - SmarTone-Vodafone (Hong Kong and Macau company) |
| 昭通市 | 昭通市 | Zhāotōngshì | - Zhaotong prefecture level city in Yunnan |
| 普通人 | 普通人 | pǔtōngrén | - ordinary person - private citizen - people - the person in the street |
| 普通法 | 普通法 | pǔtōngfǎ | - common law |
| 普通股 | 普通股 | pǔtōnggǔ | - common stock |
| 普通话 | 普通話 | pǔtōnghuà | - Mandarin (common language) - Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) - ordinary speech |
| 普通车 | 普通車 | pǔtōngchē | - local train - ordinary vehicle |
| 普通䴓 | 普通鳾 | pǔtōngshī | - (Chinese bird species) Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea) |
| 普通鵟 | 普通鵟 | pǔtōngkuáng | - (Chinese bird species) eastern buzzard (Buteo japonicus) |
| 正字通 | 正字通 | Zhèngzìtōng | - Zhengzitong, Chinese character dictionary with 33,549 entries, edited by Ming scholar Zhang Zilie 張自烈|张自烈[Zhang1 Zi4 lie4] in 17th century |
| 疏通费 | 疏通費 | shūtōngfèi | - facilitation payment - bribe |
| 百事通 | 百事通 | bǎishìtōng | - knowledgeable person - know all |
| 直通车 | 直通車 | zhítōngchē | - "through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao) |
| 磁通量 | 磁通量 | cítōngliàng | - magnetic flux |
| 红通通 | 紅通通 | hóngtōngtōng | - variant of 紅彤彤|红彤彤[hong2 tong1 tong1] |
| 肺通气 | 肺通氣 | fèitōngqì | - pulmonary ventilation (medicine) |
| 万事通 | 萬事通 | wànshìtōng | - jack-of-all-trades - know-it-all |
| 行不通 | 行不通 | xíngbutōng | - won't work - will get (you) nowhere |
| 行得通 | 行得通 | xíngdetōng | - practicable - realizable - will work |
| 说不通 | 說不通 | shuōbùtōng | - it does not make sense |
| 讲不通 | 講不通 | jiǎngbùtōng | - it does not make sense |
| 谢通门 | 謝通門 | Xiètōngmén | - Xaitongmoin county, Tibetan: Bzhad mthong smon rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet |
| 贝纳通 | 貝納通 | Bèinàtōng | - Benetton, clothes company |
| 费孝通 | 費孝通 | FèiXiàotōng | - Fei Xiaotong (1910-2005), Chinese sociologist |
| 透通性 | 透通性 | tòutōngxìng | - transparency (networking) |
| 通布图 | 通佈圖 | Tōngbùtú | - Timbuctoo (town and historical cultural center in Mali, a World Heritage site) |
| 通信线 | 通信線 | tōngxìnxiàn | - communication line - hot line |
| 通信量 | 通信量 | tōngxìnliàng | - communications volume |
| 通假字 | 通假字 | tōngjiǎzì | - phonetic loan character - using one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters |
| 通化市 | 通化市 | Tōnghuàshì | - Tonghua prefecture level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China |
| 通化县 | 通化縣 | Tōnghuàxiàn | - Tonghua county in Tonghua 通化, Jilin |
| 通古斯 | 通古斯 | Tōnggǔsī | - Tungus |
| 通城县 | 通城縣 | Tōngchéngxiàn | - Tongcheng county in Xianning 咸寧|咸宁[Xian2 ning2], Hubei |
| 通山县 | 通山縣 | Tōngshānxiàn | - Tongshan county in Xianning 咸寧|咸宁[Xian2 ning2], Hubei |
| 通川区 | 通川區 | Tōngchuānqū | - Tongchuan district of Dazhou city 達州市|达州市[Da2 zhou1 shi4], Sichuan |
| 通州区 | 通州區 | Tōngzhōuqū | - Tongzhou district east of Beijing, formerly Tong county - Tongzhou county level city in Nantong 南通[Nan2 tong1], Jiangsu |
| 通心粉 | 通心粉 | tōngxīnfěn | - macaroni |
| 通心菜 | 通心菜 | tōngxīncài | - see 蕹菜[weng4 cai4] |
| 通心面 | 通心麵 | tōngxīnmiàn | - macaroni |
| 通榆县 | 通榆縣 | Tōngyúxiàn | - Tongyu county in Baicheng 白城, Jilin |
| 通气孔 | 通氣孔 | tōngqìkǒng | - an airvent - a louvre - airflow orifice |
| 通气会 | 通氣會 | tōngqìhuì | - briefing |
| 通江县 | 通江縣 | Tōngjiāngxiàn | - Tongjiang county in Panzhihua 攀枝花[Pan1 zhi1 hua1], south Sichuan |
| 通河县 | 通河縣 | Tōnghéxiàn | - Tonghe county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang |
| 通海县 | 通海縣 | Tōnghǎixiàn | - Tonghai county in Yuxi 玉溪[Yu4 xi1], Yunnan |
| 通渭县 | 通渭縣 | Tōngwèixiàn | - Tongwei county in Dingxi 定西[Ding4 xi1], Gansu |
| 通用性 | 通用性 | tōngyòngxìng | - universality |
| 通用码 | 通用碼 | tōngyòngmǎ | - common coding - same as 通用漢字標準交換碼|通用汉字标准交换码[tong1 yong4 Han4 zi4 biao1 zhun3 jiao1 huan4 ma3] |
| 通用语 | 通用語 | tōngyòngyǔ | - common language - lingua franca |
| 通知单 | 通知單 | tōngzhīdān | - notification - notice - ticket - receipt |
| 通缉犯 | 通緝犯 | tōngjīfàn | - wanted criminal - fugitive (from the law) |
| 通胀率 | 通脹率 | tōngzhànglǜ | - inflation rate |
| 通行税 | 通行稅 | tōngxíngshuì | - toll |
| 通行证 | 通行證 | tōngxíngzhèng | - a pass (authorization through a checkpoint) - a laissez-passer or safe conduct - to authenticate - to confirm name and password on a website - fig. a condition giving access to benefits (e.g. a diploma as a pass to a career) |
| 通讯员 | 通訊員 | tōngxùnyuán | - correspondent - reporter - messenger boy |
| 通讯社 | 通訊社 | tōngxùnshè | - a news service (e.g. Xinhua) |
| 通讯处 | 通訊處 | tōngxùnchù | - contact address |
| 通讯录 | 通訊錄 | tōngxùnlù | - address book - directory |
| 通许县 | 通許縣 | Tōngxǔxiàn | - Tongxu county in Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1], Henan |
| 通道县 | 通道縣 | Tōngdàoxiàn | - Tongdao Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[Huai2 hua4], Hunan |
| 通辽市 | 通遼市 | Tōngliáoshì | - Tongliao prefecture level city in Inner Mongolia |
| 通配符 | 通配符 | tōngpèifú | - wildcard character (computing) |
| 通关节 | 通關節 | tōngguānjié | - to facilitate by means of bribery |
| 通电话 | 通電話 | tōngdiànhuà | - to phone sb up |
| 通霄镇 | 通霄鎮 | Tōngxiāozhèn | - Tongxiao or Tunghsiao town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan |
| 通灵板 | 通靈板 | tōnglíngbǎn | - Ouija board |
| 通风口 | 通風口 | tōngfēngkǒu | - air vent - opening for ventilation |
| 通风孔 | 通風孔 | tōngfēngkǒng | - air vent - louvre |
| 通风管 | 通風管 | tōngfēngguǎn | - ventilation duct |
| 连通器 | 連通器 | liántōngqì | - communicating vessels (in scientific experiment) |
| 一窍不通 | 一竅不通 | yīqiàobùtōng | - lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) - I don't understand a word (idiom) - it's all Greek to me |
| 一通百通 | 一通百通 | yītōngbǎitōng | - grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom) |
| 一点就通 | 一點就通 | yīdiǎnjiùtōng | - a hint is all that is needed - understanding each other without the need to explain |
| 不可通约 | 不可通約 | bùkětōngyuē | - having no common measure - incommensurable - incommensurate |
| 中国联通 | 中國聯通 | ZhōngguóLiántōng | - China Unicom |
| 串通一气 | 串通一氣 | chuàntōngyīqì | - to act in collusion (idiom) |
| 事先通知 | 事先通知 | shìxiāntōngzhī | - preliminary notification - to announce in advance |
| 互相沟通 | 互相溝通 | hùxiānggōutōng | - inter-communication |
| 互通有无 | 互通有無 | hùtōngyǒuwú | - mutual exchange of assistance (idiom) - to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls - to reciprocate with material assistance - scratch each other's back |
| 五口通商 | 五口通商 | wǔkǒutōngshāng | - the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京條約|南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 廣州|广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门 and Shanghai 上海 |
| 五通桥区 | 五通橋區 | Wǔtōngqiáoqū | - Wutongqiao district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[Le4 shan1 shi4], Sichuan |
| 亘古通今 | 亙古通今 | gèngǔtōngjīn | - from ancient times up to now - throughout history |
| 交通堵塞 | 交通堵塞 | jiāotōngdǔsè | - traffic jam - congestion |
| 交通大学 | 交通大學 | JiāotōngDàxué | - abbr. for 上海交通大學|上海交通大学 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 西安交通大學|西安交通大学 Xia'an Jiaotong University, 國立交通大學|国立交通大学 National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) etc |
| 交通工具 | 交通工具 | jiāotōnggōngjù | - means of transportation - vehicle |
| 交通建设 | 交通建設 | jiāotōngjiànshè | - transport infrastructure |
| 交通意外 | 交通意外 | jiāotōngyìwài | - traffic accident - car crash |
| 交通拥挤 | 交通擁擠 | jiāotōngyōngjǐ | - traffic congestion |
| 交通标志 | 交通標誌 | jiāotōngbiāozhì | - traffic sign |
| 交通枢纽 | 交通樞紐 | jiāotōngshūniǔ | - traffic hub |
| 交通警察 | 交通警察 | jiāotōngjǐngchá | - traffic police - abbr. to 交警 |
| 交通警卫 | 交通警衛 | jiāotōngjǐngwèi | - road traffic policing |
| 交通银行 | 交通銀行 | JiāotōngYínháng | - Bank of Communications |
| 交通阻塞 | 交通阻塞 | jiāotōngzǔsè | - traffic jam |
| 信息灵通 | 信息靈通 | xìnxilíngtōng | - see 消息靈通|消息灵通[xiao1 xi5 ling2 tong1] |
| 传输通道 | 傳輸通道 | chuánshūtōngdào | - transport channel |
| 公共交通 | 公共交通 | gōnggòngjiāotōng | - public transport - mass transit |
| 半通不通 | 半通不通 | bàntōngbùtōng | - to not fully understand (idiom) |
| 南通地区 | 南通地區 | Nántōngdìqū | - Nantong prefecture in Jiangsu |
| 博古通今 | 博古通今 | bógǔtōngjīn | - conversant with things past and present - erudite and informed |
| 博识多通 | 博識多通 | bóshíduōtōng | - knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom) |
| 即时通讯 | 即時通訊 | jíshítōngxùn | - instant messaging (IM) - instant message |
| 口语沟通 | 口語溝通 | kǒuyǔgōutōng | - oral communication (psychology) |
| 四通八达 | 四通八達 | sìtōngbādá | - roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides |
| 地下通道 | 地下通道 | dìxiàtōngdào | - underpass - subway - tunnel |
| 大显神通 | 大顯神通 | dàxiǎnshéntōng | - to display one's remarkable skill or prowess - to give full play to one's brilliant abilities |
| 官运亨通 | 官運亨通 | guānyùnhēngtōng | - (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom) |
| 弄懂弄通 | 弄懂弄通 | nòngdǒngnòngtōng | - to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom) |
| 戈德斯通 | 戈德斯通 | Gēdésītōng | - Goldstone (name) |
| 改善通讯 | 改善通訊 | gǎishàntōngxùn | - to improve communications |
| 政通人和 | 政通人和 | zhèngtōngrénhé | - efficient government, people at peace (idiom); all is well with the state and the people |
| 数字通信 | 數字通信 | shùzìtōngxìn | - digital communications |
| 数据通信 | 數據通信 | shùjùtōngxìn | - data communication |
| 昭通地区 | 昭通地區 | Zhāotōngdìqū | - Zhaotong prefecture in Yunnan |
| 时运亨通 | 時運亨通 | shíyùnhēngtōng | - our luck is in, everything is going smoothly (idiom) |
| 普利司通 | 普利司通 | pǔlìsītōng | - Bridgestone tire company |
| 普普通通 | 普普通通 | pǔpǔtōngtōng | - ordinary - mediocre - nothing special |
| 普通中学 | 普通中學 | pǔtōngzhōngxué | - general middle school |
| 普通名词 | 普通名詞 | pǔtōngmíngcí | - common noun (grammar) |
| 普通问题 | 普通問題 | pǔtōngwèntí | - common questions - general questions |
| 普通夜鹰 | 普通夜鷹 | pǔtōngyèyīng | - (Chinese bird species) grey nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka) |
| 普通教育 | 普通教育 | pǔtōngjiàoyù | - general education |
| 普通朱雀 | 普通朱雀 | pǔtōngzhūquè | - (Chinese bird species) common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) |
| 普通楼燕 | 普通樓燕 | pǔtōnglóuyàn | - (Chinese bird species) common swift (Apus apus) |
| 普通民众 | 普通民眾 | pǔtōngmínzhòng | - ordinary people - the masses |
| 普通潜鸟 | 普通潛鳥 | pǔtōngqiánniǎo | - (Chinese bird species) common loon (Gavia immer) |
| 普通燕鸻 | 普通燕鴴 | pǔtōngyànhéng | - (Chinese bird species) oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum) |
| 普通燕鸥 | 普通燕鷗 | pǔtōngyànōu | - (Chinese bird species) common tern (Sterna hirundo) |
| 普通秧鸡 | 普通秧雞 | pǔtōngyāngjī | - (Chinese bird species) brown-cheeked rail (Rallus indicus) |
| 普通翠鸟 | 普通翠鳥 | pǔtōngcuìniǎo | - (Chinese bird species) common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) |
| 普通赤杨 | 普通赤楊 | pǔtōngchìyáng | - alder tree (Alnus glutinosa) |
| 普通鹰鹃 | 普通鷹鵑 | pǔtōngyīngjuān | - (Chinese bird species) common hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius) |
| 普通鸬鹚 | 普通鸕鶿 | pǔtōnglúcí | - (Chinese bird species) great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) |
| 最后通牒 | 最後通牒 | zuìhòutōngdié | - ultimatum |
| 有无相通 | 有無相通 | yǒuwúxiāngtōng | - mutual exchange of assistance (idiom) - to reciprocate with material assistance |
| 此路不通 | 此路不通 | cǐlùbùtōng | - this road is blocked - fig. This method does not work. - Doing this is no good. |
| 水泄不通 | 水洩不通 | shuǐxièbùtōng | - lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic) |
| 水陆交通 | 水陸交通 | shuǐlùjiāotōng | - water and land transport |
| 消息灵通 | 消息靈通 | xiāoxilíngtōng | - to be well-informed |
| 清代通史 | 清代通史 | Qīngdàitōngshǐ | - General history of the Qing dynasty, compiled under Xiao Yishan 蕭一山 |
| 润肠通便 | 潤腸通便 | rùnchángtōngbiàn | - to cure constipation with laxatives |
| 无师自通 | 無師自通 | wúshīzìtōng | - self-taught - to learn without a teacher (idiom) |
| 灯火通明 | 燈火通明 | dēnghuǒtōngmíng | - brightly lit |
| 狗屁不通 | 狗屁不通 | gǒupìbùtōng | - incoherent (writing or speech) - nonsensical - a load of crap |
| 直通火车 | 直通火車 | zhítōnghuǒchē | - through train |
| 神通广大 | 神通廣大 | shéntōngguǎngdà | - to possess great magical power - to possess remarkable abilities |
| 空气流通 | 空氣流通 | kōngqìliútōng | - fresh air - draft |
| 美国运通 | 美國運通 | MěiguóYùntōng | - American Express Co. (Amex) |
| 万事亨通 | 萬事亨通 | wànshìhēngtōng | - everything is going smoothly (idiom) |
| 萨斯卡通 | 薩斯卡通 | Sàsīkǎtōng | - Saskatoon city, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| 融会贯通 | 融會貫通 | rónghuìguàntōng | - to master the subject via a comprehensive study of surrounding areas |
| 触类旁通 | 觸類旁通 | chùlèipángtōng | - to comprehend (new things) by analogy |
| 词汇通路 | 詞彙通路 | cíhuìtōnglù | - lexical route |
| 谢通门县 | 謝通門縣 | Xiètōngménxiàn | - Xaitongmoin county, Tibetan: Bzhad mthong smon rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet |
| 识时通变 | 識時通變 | shíshítōngbiàn | - understanding and adaptable |
| 资治通鉴 | 資治通鑒 | ZīzhìTōngjiàn | - A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls |
| 车行通道 | 車行通道 | chēxíngtōngdào | - traffic passage |
| 轨道交通 | 軌道交通 | guǐdàojiāotōng | - metro - rapid transit - subway |
| 通俗小说 | 通俗小說 | tōngsúxiǎoshuō | - popular fiction - light literature |
| 通俗易懂 | 通俗易懂 | tōngsúyìdǒng | - easy to understand |
| 通俗科学 | 通俗科學 | tōngsúkēxué | - popular science |
| 通信中心 | 通信中心 | tōngxìnzhōngxīn | - communications center |
| 通信协定 | 通信協定 | tōngxìnxiédìng | - communications protocol |
| 通信地址 | 通信地址 | tōngxìndìzhǐ | - mail address |
| 通信密度 | 通信密度 | tōngxìnmìdù | - communications density |
| 通信技术 | 通信技術 | tōngxìnjìshù | - communications technology |
| 通信服务 | 通信服務 | tōngxìnfúwù | - communication service |
| 通信网络 | 通信網絡 | tōngxìnwǎngluò | - communications network |
| 通信卫星 | 通信衛星 | tōngxìnwèixīng | - communications satellite |
| 通信负载 | 通信負載 | tōngxìnfùzài | - communications load |
| 通力合作 | 通力合作 | tōnglìhézuò | - to join forces - to give full cooperation |
| 通化地区 | 通化地區 | Tōnghuàdìqū | - former Tonghua prefecture, Jilin |
| 通商口岸 | 通商口岸 | tōngshāngkǒuàn | - treaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers |
| 通天彻地 | 通天徹地 | tōngtiānchèdì | - to know all under heaven - exceptionally talented (idiom) |
| 通宵达旦 | 通宵達旦 | tōngxiāodádàn | - overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long - day and night |
| 通情达理 | 通情達理 | tōngqíngdálǐ | - fair and reasonable (idiom); sensible - standing to reason |
| 通才教育 | 通才教育 | tōngcáijiàoyù | - liberal education - general education |
| 通权达变 | 通權達變 | tōngquándábiàn | - to adapt to circumstances |
| 通用拼音 | 通用拼音 | tōngyòngpīnyīn | - the common use romanization system introduced in Taiwan in 2003 |
| 通用汽车 | 通用汽車 | TōngyòngQìchē | - General Motors (car company) |
| 通用电器 | 通用電器 | TōngyòngDiànqì | - General Electric - GE |
| 通用电气 | 通用電氣 | TōngyòngDiànqì | - General Electric (GE) |
| 通行无阻 | 通行無阻 | tōngxíngwúzǔ | - unobstructed passage - to go through unhindered |
| 通讯协定 | 通訊協定 | tōngxùnxiédìng | - communications protocol |
| 通讯系统 | 通訊系統 | tōngxùnxìtǒng | - communication system |
| 通讯行业 | 通訊行業 | tōngxùnhángyè | - communications industry |
| 通讯卫星 | 通訊衛星 | tōngxùnwèixīng | - communications satellite |
| 通讯通道 | 通訊通道 | tōngxùntōngdào | - communications channel |
| 通讯院士 | 通訊院士 | tōngxùnyuànshì | - corresponding member (of an academy) - junior academician |
| 通识培训 | 通識培訓 | tōngshípéixùn | - general culture |
| 通识教育 | 通識教育 | tōngshíjiàoyù | - general education |
| 通识课程 | 通識課程 | tōngshíkèchéng | - general course - general education course - core course - general curriculum - general education curriculum - core curriculum |
| 通货紧缩 | 通貨緊縮 | tōnghuòjǐnsuō | - deflation |
| 通货膨胀 | 通貨膨脹 | tōnghuòpéngzhàng | - inflation |
| 通过事后 | 通過事後 | tōngguòshìhòu | - off-line |
| 通关密语 | 通關密語 | tōngguānmìyǔ | - password |
| 通关文牒 | 通關文牒 | tōngguānwéndié | - passport |
| 进行通信 | 進行通信 | jìnxíngtōngxìn | - to communicate - to carry out communications |
| 钱可通神 | 錢可通神 | qiánkětōngshén | - with money, you can do anything (idiom) - money talks |
| 钱能通神 | 錢能通神 | qiánnéngtōngshén | - money is all-powerful - money can move God |
| 防毒通道 | 防毒通道 | fángdútōngdào | - protective passageway |
| 电报通知 | 電報通知 | diànbàotōngzhī | - electronic communication (fax, email etc) |
| 灵犀相通 | 靈犀相通 | língxīxiāngtōng | - kindred spirits |
| 高通公司 | 高通公司 | GāotōngGōngsī | - Qualcomm |
| 交通协管员 | 交通協管員 | jiāotōngxiéguǎnyuán | - traffic warden |
| 交通管理局 | 交通管理局 | jiāotōngguǎnlǐjú | - department of transport |
| 交通肇事罪 | 交通肇事罪 | jiāotōngzhàoshìzuì | - culpable driving causing serious damage or injury |
| 交通运输部 | 交通運輸部 | JiāotōngYùnshūbù | - PRC Ministry of Transport (MOT) |
| 伊通火山群 | 伊通火山群 | Yītōnghuǒshānqún | - Yitong volcanic area in Yitong Manchurian autonomous county 伊通滿族自治縣|伊通满族自治县, Siping, Jilin |
| 因特网联通 | 因特網聯通 | yīntèwǎngliántōng | - Internet connection |
| 大久保利通 | 大久保利通 | DàjiǔbǎoLìtōng | - Oukubo Toshimichi (1830-1878), Japanese politician |
| 字根通用码 | 字根通用碼 | zìgēntōngyòngmǎ | - common coding for components of Chinese character - same as Zheng coding 鄭碼|郑码[Zheng4 ma3] |
| 小灵通机站 | 小靈通機站 | xiǎolíngtōngjīzhàn | - cell phone base or repeater station (telecommunications) |
| 彭博通讯社 | 彭博通訊社 | PéngbóTōngxùnshè | - Bloomberg L.P., financial software services, news and data company |
| 普通秋沙鸭 | 普通秋沙鴨 | pǔtōngqiūshāyā | - (Chinese bird species) common merganser (Mergus merganser) |
| 普通老百姓 | 普通老百姓 | pǔtōnglǎobǎixìng | - common people - average people - hoi polloi |
| 普通角闪石 | 普通角閃石 | pǔtōngjiǎoshǎnshí | - hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole) |
| 词通达模型 | 詞通達模型 | cítōngdámóxíng | - word access model |
| 通用字符集 | 通用字符集 | tōngyòngzìfújí | - universal character set UCS |
| 通讯自动化 | 通訊自動化 | tōngxùnzìdònghuà | - communications automation |
| 录取通知书 | 錄取通知書 | lùqǔtōngzhīshū | - admission notice (delivered by a university) |
| 灵犀一点通 | 靈犀一點通 | língxīyīdiǎntōng | - mental rapport - likeness of mind - spiritual link |
| 上海交通大学 | 上海交通大學 | ShànghǎiJiāotōngDàxué | - Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| 中国交通建设 | 中國交通建設 | ZhōngguóJiāotōngJiànshè | - China Communications Construction Company |
| 中国移动通信 | 中國移動通信 | ZhōngguóYídòngTōngxìn | - China Mobile (PRC state telecommunications company) |
| 中等普通教育 | 中等普通教育 | zhōngděngpǔtōngjiàoyù | - general middle school education |
| 人行地下通道 | 人行地下通道 | rénxíngdìxiàtōngdào | - pedestrian underpass |
| 恶性通货膨胀 | 惡性通貨膨脹 | èxìngtōnghuòpéngzhàng | - hyperinflation |
| 斯通亨治石栏 | 斯通亨治石欄 | Sītōnghēngzhìshílán | - Stonehenge stone circle |
| 历朝通俗演义 | 歷朝通俗演義 | lìcháotōngsúyǎnyì | - Dramatized history of successive dynasties (from Han to Republican China) by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩 |
| 民国通俗演义 | 民國通俗演義 | Mínguótōngsúyǎnyì | - Dramatized history of Republican China until 1927 by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩, and later chapters by Xu Qinfu 許廑父|许廑父 |
| 消息灵通人士 | 消息靈通人士 | xiāoxilíngtōngrénshì | - well-informed source - person with inside information |
| 滤毒通风装置 | 濾毒通風裝置 | lǜdútōngfēngzhuāngzhì | - filtration equipment |
| 移动通信网络 | 移動通信網絡 | yídòngtōngxìnwǎngluò | - cell phone network |
| 空中交通管制 | 空中交通管制 | kōngzhōngjiāotōngguǎnzhì | - air traffic control |
| 联通红筹公司 | 聯通紅籌公司 | LiántōngHóngchóuGōngsī | - Unicom Red Chip, Hong Kong subsidiary of China Unicom 中國聯通|中国联通 |
| 西南交通大学 | 西南交通大學 | XīnánJiāotōngDàxué | - Southwest Jiaotong University |
| 西安交通大学 | 西安交通大學 | XīānJiāotōngDàxué | - Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) |
| 词素通达模型 | 詞素通達模型 | císùtōngdámóxíng | - morpheme access model (MA model) |
| 语音通讯通道 | 語音通訊通道 | yǔyīntōngxùntōngdào | - voice (communications) channel |
| 轻型轨道交通 | 輕型軌道交通 | qīngxíngguǐdàojiāotōng | - light rail - transit system (underground, at street level or elevated) - streetcar - metro - abbr. to 輕軌|轻轨[qing1 gui3] |
| 通用串行总线 | 通用串行總線 | tōngyòngchuànxíngzǒngxiàn | - Universal Serial Bus, USB (computer) |
| 通用汽车公司 | 通用汽車公司 | TōngyòngQìchēGōngsī | - General Motors |
| 阿尔斯通公司 | 阿爾斯通公司 | ĀěrsītōngGōngsī | - Alstom (company name) |
| 伊通满族自治县 | 伊通滿族自治縣 | YītōngMǎnzúzìzhìxiàn | - Yitong Manchurian autonomous county in Siping 四平, Jilin |
| 伊通自然保护区 | 伊通自然保護區 | Yītōngzìránbǎohùqū | - Yitong nature reserve in Yitong Manchurian autonomous county 伊通滿族自治縣|伊通满族自治县, Siping, Jilin |
| 信息与通讯技术 | 信息與通訊技術 | xìnxīyǔtōngxùnjìshù | - information and communication technology, ICT |
| 原子科学家通报 | 原子科學家通報 | YuánzǐKēxuéjiāTōngbào | - Journal of Atomic Scientists |
| 国际文传通讯社 | 國際文傳通訊社 | Guójìwénchuántōngxùnshè | - Interfax News Agency |
| 心有灵犀一点通 | 心有靈犀一點通 | xīnyǒulíngxīyīdiǎntōng | - hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one |
| 朝鲜中央通讯社 | 朝鮮中央通訊社 | CháoxiǎnZhōngyāngTōngxùnshè | - North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) - abbr. to 朝中社[Chao2 zhong1 she4] |
| 条条大路通罗马 | 條條大路通羅馬 | tiáotiáodàlùtōngLuómǎ | - all roads lead to Rome - use different means to obtain the same result (idiom) |
| 空中交通管制员 | 空中交通管制員 | kōngzhōngjiāotōngguǎnzhìyuán | - air traffic controller |
| 美国聯合通訊社 | 美國聯合通訊社 | MěiguóLiánhéTōngxùnshè | - Associated Press (AP) - abbr. to 美聯社|美联社[Mei3 Lian2 she4] |
| 联邦通信委员会 | 聯邦通信委員會 | LiánbāngTōngxìnWěiyuánhuì | - Federal Communications Commission (FCC) |
| 通道侗族自治县 | 通道侗族自治縣 | TōngdàoDòngzúZìzhìxiàn | - Tongdao Dong Autonomous County in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[Huai2 hua4], Hunan |
| 韩国联合通讯社 | 韓國聯合通訊社 | HánguóLiánhéTōngxùnshè | - Yonghap (South Korean news agency) |
| 中国交通运输协会 | 中國交通運輸協會 | ZhōngguóJiāotōngYùnshūXiéhuì | - China Communications and Transportation Association (CCTA) |
| 冠状动脉旁通手术 | 冠狀動脈旁通手術 | guānzhuàngdòngmàipángtōngshǒushù | - coronary bypass operation |
| 古尔班通古特沙漠 | 古爾班通古特沙漠 | GǔěrbāntōnggǔtèShāmò | - Gurbantunggut Desert, northern Xinjiang |
| 大通回族土族自治县 | 大通回族土族自治縣 | DàtōngHuízúTǔzúzìzhìxiàn | - Datong Hui and Tu autonomous county in Xining 西寧|西宁[Xi1 ning2], Qinghai |
| 通用汉字标准交换码 | 通用漢字標準交換碼 | tōngyòngHànzìbiāozhǔnjiāohuànmǎ | - UCS, Chinese character coding adopted in PRC 1986 - abbr. to 通用碼|通用码[tong1 yong4 ma3] |
| 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 | 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試 | PǔtōngGāoděngXuéxiàoZhāoshēngQuánguóTǒngyīKǎoshì | - NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC) - usually abbr. to 高考[gao1 kao3] |
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